B3 news

Sept 07: 2007 NZ Biosecurity Summit

Follow this link for more details and to register for the 2007 NZ Biosecurity Summit.
[Biosecurity Summit]

Nov 06: 'The dirt on soil contamination' -B3 features in MAF QS's Quarantine Works magazine

Article about B3's work to determine the risk posed by soil on air passenger's footwear.
[Quarantine Works]

21 Aug 06: B3 article 'Blown in the wind or border slippage?' in Biosecurity Magazine (pp.14)

Article explaining what natural dispersal of exotic species to NZ has to do with biosecurity.
[Biosecurity Magazine]

2 Aug 06: Wasps released in bid to halt Clover Root Weevil

Article about latest AgResearch efforts to halt Clover Root Weevil spread in the South Island.
[Stuff.co.nz]

28 Jul 06: TVNZ interview with B3's Contract Manager, Dr Grant Smith

B3's Contract Manager (Dr Grant Smith) is interviewed on TVNZ about the Programme.
[TVNZ/Xtramsn]

15 Jun 06: B3 in Biosecurity Magazine (pp.20)

B3 feature in MAF's Biosecurity Magazine, with an overview of the Programme and focus on some current projects.
[Biosecurity Magazine]

1 Mar 06: Clover root weevil in South Island

AgResearch today announced it has detected the destructive white clover pest, clover root weevil, in the South Island for the first time.
[Farm News]

13 Feb 06: B3 · Better Border Biosecurity

AgResearch is providing science leadership for a 12 year, $6.2 million joint research venture aimed at preventing new pests from establishing in New Zealand.
[AgResearch News article, PDF 110 Kb]

29 Dec 05: Battling against the bugs

Lincoln research provides new intelligence on pest invaders. New Zealand's current biosecurity systems are under increasing pressure from the dramatic growth in imported goods, up 76 percent in the last decade, and a near-doubling of international visitors.
[Lincoln University, PDF 138 Kb]

2 Dec 05: Biosecurity NZ's draft science strategy

Science is a critical element underpinning biosecurity. It can have an enormous input to managing risks and uncertainties, and ultimately the effectiveness of any decision. It can provide key information for many questions and can help determine which questions should be asked. As well as the Biosecurity Science Strategy, other biosecurity research programmes that are being funded through the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology include B3.
[Biosecurity NZ article]

9 Dec 04: New Research aims to keep new pests out of New Zealand

New research to develop methods and technologies that will help prevent harmful organisms invading New Zealand and damaging the country's ecosystems and agricultural base has received government funding for the next 12 years of about $70 million.
[Crop & Food Research media release]